Greetings,Each year we face increasing awareness and discussion of climate change as an issue by our Peoples; as a tribal college network it is time for us to plug-in again and join our friends and allies to see how we can work to prepare future generations of American Indian and Alaska Native earth science professionals and to ensure that indigenous tribal knowledge of landscapes and climates are valued, used and incorporated into the tribal exercise of earth science education and research. It is time to gather our working group for the: Fall 2011 American Indian Alaska Native Climate Change Working Group Meeting, November 7-8th at College of Menominee Nation, Keshena, W.I.Our fall meeting has an excellent agenda. Mervyn Tano, President of the International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management will be our keynote speaker for Monday, November 7th. Patricia Cochran, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council will be our keynote speaker for Tuesday, November 8th.We will email complete logistics information the first week of October, and we will have a tentative agenda completed by mid October. Please watch for our emails! Please contact Shereena or Brandy (emails below) if you have any immediate questions or if we can be of any assistance.We look forward to seeing friends and colleagues in Wisconsin!Regards,

Daniel R. Wildcat, PhDConvener, AI AN CCWGHaskell Indian Nations University

Beau MitchellConvener, AI AN CCWGCollege of Menominee Nation

2. Tucker Foundation's Alternative Spring Break: CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX YOUTH PROJECTEagle Butte, South Dakota***********************************************************************Are you interested in Indian law, public health, social policy or service?Are you a Native American studies, sociology, anthropology, economics, history,or government major?Are you a public policy or global health minor?Do you love children?Interested?

If you answered yes to one of these questions then APPLY to the CRYP AlternativeSpring Break!!

DESCRIPTION: This trip will bring a group of Dartmouth students the Cheyenne RiverReservation in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. Participants traveling to this communitywill work and live at the Cheyenne River Youth Project (CRYP), a community-basedorganization that provides after school activities for area youth and teens (ages4-18), as well as various kinds of support to community families. Reflectionsand educational sessions for this trip will explore topics such as community storiesand traditions, history of the Lakota People and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe,Native American sovereign nation status, and cross cultural education. While stayingat the CRYP, students will have the opportunity to hear lectures from and havediscussions with various important community leaders of the Cheyenne River SiouxTribe (including the founder of the CRYP). In addition to providing needed staffingfor the CRYP, trip participants will prepare, promote and facilitate a CRYP collegeawareness night.

Requirements: Must be on campus Winter 2012 and an undergraduate student.

3. The Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services is proud to re-release a Request for Applications for up to $50,000 over 18 months to support a doctoral students in their research as it relates to differential response in child welfare. Applications are due on January 16, 2012 and the award announcement will be made in March. Please see the RFA for more detailed information.

We have already funded three excellent students and we would like to fund one more. Please share this widely with any universities or list serves you are affiliated with. Thank you in advance for your help with this outreach! American Humane Association, the nation's voice for the protection of children & animalswww.americanhumane.org

4. A screening of "Older Than America" with post film discussion by film-maker and actor Georgina Lightning.University of New HampshireThursday, October 136:10 – 9:00 pmHorton Social Science Center 207Durham, New Hampshire

Older Than America (2008)"A woman's haunting visions reveal a Catholic priest's sinister plot to silence her mother from speaking the truth about the atrocities that took place at her Native American boarding school. A contemporary drama of suspense,Older Than America delves into the lasting impact of the cultural genocide and loss of identity that occurred at these institutions across the United States and Canada." Learn more about the film atwww.olderthanamerica.com/

Georgina Lightning brings a long track record of creative experience in the film industry as an actor, producer and acting coach on such projects as: Dreamkeepers, Backroads, Johnny Greyeyes, Christmas In The Clouds, Tecumseh The Oath, Smoke Signals, among countless others. Lightning’s directorial debut Older Than America is inspired by stories told to her by many of her family members and friends who attended the Native Indian Boarding schools. Georgina is also the cofounder of Tribal Alliance Productions, a production company committed to producing media that matters told from a native prospective.

6. Tutor Clearinghouse Info from Academic Skills Center: Information will also be available at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/tutors/studygroups/index.html (click on the link forCURRENT STUDY GROUPS). Students may sign up for as many study groups as they'd like (provided there is space). As a reminder, registration for study groups is now conducted on-line; however, payment must still be made in person at the Academic Skills Center (301 Collis).